American Historian

Hartman High Sharpens Minds While Nurturing Souls
Tragically, too much of Religious Zionism has degenerated into a new idolatry, a land worship trumping all other values.
The Jerusalem Post
June 26, 2018
Hartman High Sharpens
Minds While Nurturing Souls
Tragically, too much of Religious Zionism has degenerated into a new

Hamas’ Birthday Gift to Israel
In May, Hamas gave Israel the kind of birthday present one would expect from totalitarian terrorists who will sacrifice anything…
The Canadian Jewish News
June 15, 2018
Hamas’ Birthday Gift to Israel
I n May, Hamas gave Israel the kind of birthday present one would expect from

Letters to Our Extended Family Members – Fellow Jews
In addition to writing letters reconciling with Palestinians, we need conciliatory letters healing our fellow Jews.
The Jerusalem Post
June 19, 2018
Letters to Our Extended
Family Members – Fellow Jews
In addition to writing letters reconciling with Palestinians, we need

The Palestinians’ ‘Kitetifada’ Deserves an Ignoble Prize
Palestinians are pushing new frontiers in terrorism.
The Jerusalem Post
June 12, 2018
The Palestinians’ ‘Kitetifada’ Deserves an Ignoble Prize
Palestinians are pushing new frontiers in terrorism.​
W ith Hamas’s “Kitetifada,” Palestinians are pushing new frontiers in terrorism, again – while giving nationalism

A Unity Salute: It Takes an Israeli
For Zaray to stand up for herself and her country, for the six parents to stand for unity, first, each had to know where they stood in the world.
The Jerusalem Post
June 5, 2018
A Unity Salute: It Takes an Israeli
For

Rosey Grier: The Lineman Who Tried to Save RFK—And Voted for Trump
The arc of Rosey Grier’s political life challenges both parties—and both sides of the culture wars.
The Daily Beast
June 2, 2018
Rosey Grier: The Lineman
Who Tried to Save RFK—
And Voted for Trump
The arc of

The Tragedy of Armenia’s First Prime Minister: Too Blunt and Now Forgotten
Few Armenians marked the 150th anniversary of Hovhannes Kajaznuni’s birth. No one knows where he is buried. That should change.
The Daily Beast
May 26, 2018
The Tragedy of
Armenia’s First Prime Minister:
Too Blunt and Now Forgotten

‘The Zionist Ideas’: A Zionist Revival to Reclaim Zionism
I see myself as a Zionist emissary of our sacred Zionist congregation.
The Jerusalem Post
May 29, 2018
The ‘Zionist Ideas’: A Zionist Revival to Reclaim Zionism
I see myself as a Zionist emissary of our sacred Zionist congregation.
L ast week,

The British Family That Ruled in Borneo as ‘White Rajahs’
The Brooke family seized the chunk of the island from the Dutch, and would rule it in all their eccentricity for a century.
The Daily Beast
May 22, 2018
The British Family That Ruled in Borneo as ‘White Rajahs’
The

The Father of the Iranian Nuclear Bomb
The man traditionally deemed “the father” of Iranian nukes is an ex-Communist turned exiled Shah supporter, a peace activist…
The Daily Beast
May 12, 2018
The Father of the
Iranian Nuclear Bomb
The man traditionally deemed “the father” of Iranian nukes is an